Ohio Quarter Debuts Today

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March 11, 2002

DAYTON, Ohio -- The U.S. Mint will roll out Ohio's bicentennial quarter today. The second quarter-dollar coin this year and the 17th in the Mint's 50 State Quarters program, the coin has special significance here because it comes on the eve of Ohio's bicentennial anniversary. The quarter's aviation theme also dovetails with next year's centennial celebration of the world's first sustained, controlled flights in a powered flying machine, an achievement of Dayton brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. The new quarter depicts a 1905 Wright Flyer and an astronaut, superimposed on the outline of the state. The design also includes the inscription "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers."